Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗
August 16, 1985. My dad took me and my brothers Andre and Tony to see the Fresh Fest at the Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. We saw Whodini, the Fat Boys, and Grandmaster Flash. Greatest day of my life. The births of my children were big days, too, but billions of people have children—only 15,000 people saw that show.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗
I’m the happiest right now. I can see that I’m in a kind of sweet spot: my parents are alive, my kids are little, my wife is hot and my body doesn’t hurt.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗
This morning, because each day I feel happier.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2017 source ↗
I was a happy kid. I had quite a small life: I grew up in Walthamstow and didn’t really leave east London. I didn’t go to the South Bank for the first time until I was 18 years old.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗
I’d edit out all my gauche incomprehension.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗
Remembering to do things in order, because I have to transcend my nature, which is haphazard.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗
I don’t care as long as everyone knows the words and joins in.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2015 source ↗
Abi Morgan, Abigail Breslin, Adam Kay, Adeel Akhtar, Adrian Dunbar, Adrian Edmondson
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